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11mm Patent No. 83,220, dated october 2o, 186s.

Bumeran.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom'z't lmr/y concern:

' Be it known that we, JAMES S. STONE and GEORGE W. OHAMBERLIN, of Fitchburg, in the county or" Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bird-Traps; and we do hereby declare the following qto be a fulL-clear, and exact description of the same, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of ref- Y erence marked thereon.

The object of our invention is to make a portable trap that shall catch the birds alive, and that may beY readily secured in any position or place.

To these ends, its nature consists in arranging a' case, with spring, noose, and tripping-mechanismconnected therewith, and providing the case with some pressed.

F isa guard, to prevent the spring from rising with the catch. On the case A we make a bevelled surface, J," over which the nooseis spread, and at L L L are to hold the noose tightly, to prevent its being blown .out

'of place.

The use of the bevel J is to throw up the noose when drawn by the spring from the case, so that it shall y up over the table D and on to the legs of the bird, abovemthe feet, to make sure of it. It may be varied in different traps, as found best, and perhaps in some a rounded surface may be best.

To the bottom of the case A we secure a screw, O, by which the trap may be readily secured to a post, or limb, or other convenient place. p

There is a trough, for seed or bait, which may be also put on the table.

The operation of it is as follows: The trap being securedin the place selected, the spring is bent round the case, and under the guard F, and the catch E is pressed down to hold it. This raises the table D.A The ,noose is spread around J, and under the slips L L L. The bird, lighting on the table D, depresses'it, releasing 4the spring,

which immediately draws the noose, causing it to dy up on to the legs of the bird, where it is drawn tight.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the case, and its catch-mechanism, with the spring B and noose C, the whole constructed and operating in the manner and for the purposes above set forth and described.

2. The bevelled surface'J,`for the purpose 'of throwing up the noose C, substantiallyvas setforth'.

JAMES S. STONE. GEORGE W. CHAMBERLlN. Witnesses:

STILLMAN HAYNES, JOHN O. FOLEY. 

